Tuesday, February 14, 2006

In view of the recent victory of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the Palestinian Authority Legislative Council elections, it is important to make the Hamas covenant [1] available in English for English speaking readers. The English version which is currently posted in a number of websites is not satisfactory, and therefore MEMRI is providing here a closer, more accurate translation.......

""So, Gore goes to Saudi Arabia — which has funded terrorism for decades, which is a proponent of one of the most radical forms of Islam, which was the home of Osama bin Laden and most of the 9/11 terrorist hijackers — and denounces our government's response to the worst attack on U.S. soil in our history. The Democrat party is very sick right now. The hot-heads are in charge. And there are no mature voices with enough clout to temper the current party leadership. There was a time when ex-presidents and ex-vice presidents behaved as statesmen. Gore, Clinton, and Carter — all of whom weakened their party — are now committed to weakening our country."

The system will only change when judges stop worrying about their rulings being overturned on appeal and start sending a message to the higher courts that sentences for gun crimes have become too soft.

Shopping cart handles are the most bacteria-infested items among some commonly used objects while doorknobs on public bathrooms are not as bad as might be expected, according to a survey conducted in South Korea.